Macaroni Cheese

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. of Naples macaroni
• ordinary American cheese
• about a teaspoonful
• some little bits of butter

Method

1. 1

   Boil 0.5 lb. of Naples macaroni in stock.

2. 2

   Butter a flat baking dish, layer macaroni, grated cheese, pepper, and salt until the top layer is cheese.

3. 3

   Strew grated bread and bits of butter on top.

4. 4

   Bake in a quick oven for ten minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery and housekeeping (1882) by Reeve, Henry Mrs., page 198. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Macaroni cheese. Cafe au lait. Mode of former. — Many people think it necessary to have Parmesan cheese for this dish ; ordinary American cheese will be found good enough. When the cheese is no longer sightly to come to table, cut the rind into suitable pieces and grate into a soup plate with all the inside of the cheese. Boil \ lb. of Naples macaroni in any stock you may have ; butter a flat baking-dish ; place in it a layer of macaroni, drained from the stock in which it has been cooked ; then a thick layer of grated cheese, then pepper and salt, and so on, until the top layer, which must be of cheese. Strew some grated bread, about a teaspoonful, and some little bits of butter

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